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Mark Druffel Portland, OR
Data science generalist with a decade of experience working at all levels of the organization. Love using exploratory data analysis & data visualization to understand & communicate business problems / solutions - ggplot2 is my happy place. Nowadays, working as the first analyst at a start-up where we’re building a platform to enable pharmacists to provide value-based care.
Experience
Senior Data Analyst
DocStation
Remote
2021
Work in all analytics capacities including data-engineering, business intelligence, & data science.
- Develop data-models in the data-pipeline w/ pyspark & Airflow to expand the data lake & data warehouse.
- Develop dashboards w/ Superset & Shiny to provide decision support.
- Perform analysis to identify new business questions or uncover insights that inform strategic decisions.
- Develop models to identify trends and predict outcomes.
- Write pitches for new features & tools based on product analysis.
Data Scientist
Propeller
Portland, OR
2017
Helped clients develop data strategies & execute analytics projects, & led Propeller’s internal analytics team. A few example projects:
- Developed text analysis / NLP tools that enabled a health insurance product team to identify / understand user pain points which provided a feedback loop between the team and end-users.
- Designed a prototype app to enable an HR team to transition to a data-driven recruitment process to improve velocity and candidate quality.
- Developed & delivered an analytics workshop that helped business teams understand the analytics process to improve collaboration between analytics & business teams.
- Developed internal infrastructure to streamline Propeller’s operations including API wrappers, a data pipeline, & automated reporting.
Business Intelligence Manager
Northern Trust, Hedge Fund Services
Chicago, IL
2013
Managed a global team of ~10 analysts responsible for reporting & permissions management.
- Designed & implemented a product analytics process which upended the product strategy & roadmap.
- Developed dashboards & reporting using Tableau & a homegrown tool.
- Developed data-models to expand the data warehouse and support process / reporting requirements.
Senior Consultant
Plante Moran
Chicago, IL
2011
Managed IT audits & risk assessments for clients in various industries.
Staff Auditor
Fifth Third Bank
Cincinnati, OH
2010
Executed financial & IT audits, & risk assessments.